New Computer Suggestion

[Jon/xpm]

I am making this post for cbrian.

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming (World of Warcraft)
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$1200
3) Where do you live?
Temple, Texas
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
Everything (No need for LCD, keyboard or mouse)
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
NONE
6) Will you be overclocking?
No
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
22" LCD
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
End of November.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Basic
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Need a copy of Windows 7

Thanks
Jonathan

 

[Dangman]

Are you a college student by chance?

The OS is included in that $550 budget right?

 

[Jon/xpm]

Danny Bui-Sorry the person is 31 and past college.
The $550 should try to include the OS.

 

[Dangman]

$61 - AMD Athlon II X2 240 CPU
$62 - ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 Motherboard
$47 - Patriot 2GB PSD32G13332 DDR3 1333 RAM
$117 - VisionTek 900287 Radeon HD 4850 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$55 - Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$27 - LG Black GH22LS50 DVD Burner
$78 - Antec NSK4480 II ATX Case with Antec Earthwatts 380W PSU
$105 - Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM
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$552 plus tax and shipping.

 

[Jon/xpm]

Sorry the budget has changed. The wife has allowed the budget to be $1200 now.

 

[HardwareGuru]

Wow! $550 to a $1200 budget that's more than double. Hehe, your wife is sweet of her to allow that. $1200 build can build a killer build for WoW. Actually, you don't need no $1,200 computer for only WoW though. A build for under $800 would be solid already.


Antec Earthwatts EA650 + Antec Three Hundred both for $109.94 w/free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.285167

AMD Phenom II 925 2.8ghz Quad + ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X both for $225.98 ($10 MIR on MOBO) w/free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.293437

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit + XFX Radeon HD 4870 1GB both for $244.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.282080

G. Skill 4GB DDR3 1600 for $95.99 w/free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

WD6401AALS 640GB for $74.99 w/free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319

Lite-On 24X Sata DVD Burner for $31.99 w/free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106334

$783.87 w/shipping

 

[lt_shiro]

Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80605I5750 - Retail and ASUS P7P55D LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail and COOLER MASTER Silent Pro 700 RS-700-AMBA-D3 700W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active ... - Retail and COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail Combo $500

OCZ Obsidian 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3OB1600LV4GK - Retail $78

XFX HD-575X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail $145

base on Danny build.

 

[engiNURD]

Go with the HDD in Danny's build, since its faster than the cavblack in HG's build. Heh, yes, even the EA380 would work fine with shiro's upgrades to Danny's build. HG is right though, you don't even need the specs he listed for WoW. Danny's original build should play WoW fine, hehe.